And she was almost our VP ...

[gomezc]

Jo21 said:

what funny she represent a good part of the population.

i lived a year in the us.. and i was talking in spanish with my cousin and this woman around 20-30 years old comes to me and says:

she: oh so you speak mexican!.
me:no it's not mexican it's called spanish, i am from panama
she: oh yeah i knew that, panama city, florida?
me: no, panamy city, panama in central america.
she: is that part of mexico?

/me facepalms

for some reason she thought america was (canada, usa and mexico)
and everything south of usa is mexico or rather known as latin america.

 

 

Oh man, that happened to my wife a LOT.  She's from Panama as well and I don't know how many times I've heard that ignorant comment.  A lot of people, more than I thought, have this perception that all Hispanics are the same, or Mexican.  I'm Puertorican and my sister is going through this in school now, with one of her friends literally debating with her about whether she is Mexican or not.  It's hilarious and very sad at the same time.